No strange things are allowed to evolve!

The hatchery is called Warcraft Hunter.

As the name suggests, it involves hunters hunting magical beasts, using the materials produced by the beasts to craft equipment, strengthen themselves, and learn skills from the beasts' cores that can only be used in this world.

Simply put, it's an open-world action-adventure game where the objective is to slay the strongest monster king.

Besides Jiang Shu and that guy named Jiang Bei, there are many other Warcraft hunters in the entire World of Warcraft.

Although the hatchery has a unique random mechanism that causes some god-level equipment that cannot be obtained from monsters to spawn randomly each time, and it is not always hidden in the same place, even those who have conquered the hatchery will not have a particularly great advantage in this regard.

But apart from that, the worldview and some basic settings will not change, and the early process will not be significantly different. So, as someone who has successfully completed several playthroughs of this incubator, Jiang Bei had already begun to explore it while Jiang Shu was still getting familiar with the world as a tourist.

First, hunt low-level monsters in the hunting grounds outside the initial city where the danger level is relatively low to farm materials and experience. Then, return to the city, exchange some of the materials for currency, and use the remaining materials to craft basic equipment at the blacksmith. After that, focus on farming some low-level skills that are very useful in the early stages and can be used for a long time before graduation. Repeat this process to gradually become stronger.

Meanwhile, join the Hunter's Guild, make a name for yourself by completing quests, meet different important figures, and piece together the secrets of the King of Beasts from their words to pinpoint its location and prepare for the final battle.

This is actually a very old-fashioned isekai adventure script. In terms of setting and process, it's not that complicated.

However, the difficulty level of the hatchery is catastrophic.

This is because the monsters in this world are too overpowered. The extraordinary ones are either giants the size of small mountains or dragons with wings that breathe fire. Even the more ordinary ones are comparable to the bizarre creatures in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. They come in all shapes and sizes, including poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, and demons. Even an ant can be dangerous and deadly.

In comparison, humans are just humans.

People in the real world are the same as people in this world.

It's like "all living things on Earth have become 100,000 times stronger, but I haven't changed."

While humans can gain extraordinary skills from the core of Warcraft, the irony is that the same skills are completely different in the hands of Warcraft and in the hands of humans.

If I had to put it in a way, it's like experiencing Monster Hunter in the style of Dark Souls.

It's even worse than Dark Souls, because there are no campfires here.

Even without save points, you cannot die during this process; dying will result in mission failure and forced departure from the hatchery.

This makes risk assessment for each monster hunt particularly important.

In addition, there is a durability system in the hatchery. Besides skills, it costs money not only to craft equipment with materials, but also to wear and tear on the equipment during use.

The key to successfully conquering monsters with minimal losses and employing the most efficient methods of killing them lies in the ability to smoothly transition through the early and mid-game.

Therefore, for this Dark Souls version of Monster Hunter, it is absolutely not advisable to rashly attempt a hunt simply because your equipment and level meet the requirements. This is not only because there is a possibility of failure, but also because the losses from such high damage are unacceptable.

Once income falls short of expenditure and the equipment chain breaks down, even if one has the strength to conquer mid-game monsters, one will have to start from scratch again, grinding mobs to accumulate equipment.

For example, if you are level 10 and have level 10 equipment, and you try to defeat a monster of the same level 10, even if you win, it will be a very difficult victory and your equipment will be severely damaged.

However, the output is random, and it is very likely that there will not be enough materials to craft the next stage of equipment.

What should I do?

The only way to win in this version is to use a high-level character with low-level equipment to crush low-level monsters.

Experienced hunters don't rush to hunt monsters of similar level to themselves. Instead, they level up to a higher level before challenging them with level 10 equipment. This not only increases the success rate and efficiency but also reduces equipment wear and tear due to less frequent use. Where a set of equipment could only hunt one monster before, now it can hunt three or even more. Even if the yield is only the minimum, it's still a guaranteed profit.

In a sense, it's more like a simulation game where you calculate costs and profits.

In conclusion, up to this guide, every campaign requires considering not only whether the gains outweigh the risks of failure, but also whether, even if the monster is successfully defeated, the final outcome is a profit or a loss compared to the losses.

Excessive risk-taking and the princely tactic are both major taboos in this world.

Even those who have never entered the incubation facility are mostly familiar with it.

But when an expert makes a move, there's nothing left to do.

So when they saw Jiangbei's almost perfect, formulaic early-game clearing, they nodded repeatedly.

"Although he is only at the lower level, his handling of this hatchery is already comparable to that of the middle level. If we had to nitpick, it would probably be that his efficiency is a bit low and his time allocation planning is slightly worse. That's where the difference between him and the upper level lies."

One person commented.

Everyone else echoed and nodded in agreement.

"It seems he's one of the most skilled people in this incubator; you can tell he's put in a lot of effort behind the scenes."

"Yeah, even though he doesn't say he takes that guy seriously, he still takes it seriously."

"Yeah, with this kind of start, I might not be able to do any better than him. If I want to be faster than him, it just depends on whether he can still handle things so easily when he reaches a higher level."

After seeing Jiangbei's approach, and then seeing Jiang Shu's, everyone felt it was incredibly crude.

He had nothing on him except a small amount of initial currency, yet he dared to go to the weapon shop.

"Doesn't he know that weapons from weapon shops are the least cost-effective? They're only used when all other equipment is broken and there's no other choice. Normally, equipment is better when you make it yourself, right?"

Some people questioned this.

Upon hearing this, someone immediately scoffed: "He certainly doesn't know. He was still reading the rules just before he went in."

"But he's played video games, hasn't he? Isn't that common sense?"

"I don't know."

"Besides, he doesn't have enough money, does he? How many gold coins did he start with? I think it was only ten? Forget about those fancy but useless armors, he can't even afford a short sword, can he?"

"Of course! Didn't you see him just pick out a repeating crossbow, but after glancing at the price, he slunk away?"

"Stop looking." Someone egged him on, not caring whether Jiang Shu could hear them or not: "You don't think you'll encounter some ridiculous plot point like a divine artifact being sold as scrap metal, do you?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and a relaxed and lively atmosphere immediately filled the room.

Then they saw Jiang Shu buy a hunting bow and a few arrows.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh again.

"It seems you really don't know anything. This kind of bow and arrow is hard to hit small, agile magical beasts, but it's not lethal to large magical beasts that are easy to hit. It might not even pierce their skin. Isn't this just a waste of money?"

"Don't rush. What if he's a master archer, hitting his target every time? He can not only hit agile magical beasts, but also easily shoot their weak points, such as their eyes or throats?"

Are you kidding me?

"of course."

Then came another soft chuckle that he couldn't help.

Nobody took his words seriously, not even the person who said them.

The reason is simple: in this hatchery, the only real-world abilities available are spiritual root traits, and even those are limited in effectiveness. The most common nightmare-level and calamity-level spiritual root traits are equivalent to the blue and purple skills on the monsters in the hatchery.

However, above blue and purple, there are gold and red skills, so being able to use spiritual root traits is not a decisive advantage.

In addition, skills, items, and ability values ​​are all disabled.

That's why it's called Dark Souls.

However, they were unaware that because Jiang Shu possessed the Heart of the Great Wilderness, these restrictions were meaningless to him, and his spiritual root characteristics were indeed a decisive advantage, as they were equivalent to the strongest forbidden red skill in this world.

But none of that matters for now.

Importantly, he is indeed good at archery, and this skill is unrelated to his status as an evolved being; it is a miscellaneous skill he had already mastered before becoming an evolved being.

As for how accurate the shot was...

He should be slightly inferior to Lü Bu, who shot the halberd at the gate.

If you were to ask where he falls short compared to Lü Bu, it would probably be that he doesn't have as many godfathers.

However, I have quite a few godmothers.

After purchasing the bow and arrows, Jiang Shu left the weapons shop.

He finally left the city, just like Jiang Bei had done.

This quickly drew criticism from onlookers.

"Has he gone the wrong way? Why is he heading deeper and deeper into the northern forest?"

"Have you already passed the beginner hunting zone?"

"He doesn't know the way?"

But soon they discovered that he wasn't unfamiliar with the way.

The fact that Jiang Shu actually found the hunter camp in the wild first proves that he is familiar with the map. Although each hunter camp in the wild is marked on the city map, these camps are actually quite large, and compared to the hunting area, they are just small dots on the map.

Locating them precisely is much more difficult than directly searching for hunting grounds.

Upon realizing this, everyone sighed in disappointment.

"This place should be a hunting area for levels five to ten, but he's only level one and only has a broken bow. Let alone whether his broken bow can even kill magical beasts, if he gets even a scratch from a magical beast, he'll either die or be crippled, right?"

"That's too risky, too impulsive."

"Looks like he's still not improving, always doing stupid things that he thinks he knows best."

At this point, they were almost certain that Jiang Shu intended to immediately attack a magical beast far exceeding his own level.

Although it is not impossible for the underdog to overthrow the superior.

But the problem is, not only are you so much lower level, but you also have no equipment. How can you possibly overtake someone of higher level?

"It seems this duel will end sooner than we thought."

"Yeah, him... wait?"

The man stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

When everyone saw what Jiang Shu had done, they were all shocked.

After leaving the hunter's camp, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and quickly headed in a specific direction. After some twists and turns, he found a monster's nest.

Although the monsters are no longer there, there are obvious signs of monster activity outside the nest, and there are also several monster eggs as tall as a person inside the nest.

Without a second thought, Jiang Shu went straight into the beast's nest, smashed one of the beast eggs, soaked himself in the egg white and yolk, and then tightly closed the eggshell.

"What kind of operation is this? I've never seen anything like it before."

"Where's the control? This guy's just messing around!"

"This isn't just reckless behavior, it's blatant suicide. Would a normal person do that?"

"Is he planning to ambush the monster from behind?"

"They're leaving themselves no way out."

Just as everyone was wondering whether to be shocked or laugh, the monster suddenly returned to its lair.

Seeing this, everyone prepared for the game to end as soon as Jiang Shu was identified.

But to everyone's surprise...

Before the monsters could even enter their lair, a monster hunter wielding a greatsword arrived outside the lair, having followed the monsters' tracks.

"Where can you run to?!"

The monster roared, not having time to check its eggs, and knowing there was no way to escape, it engaged the monster hunter in battle.

After a long time, the dust settled.

The monster died on the spot, and the monster hunter was in no better condition, covered in blood and panting heavily.

After resting for a while, he put down his weapon, took out a small knife, and began to check what intact and usable materials were left on the monster.

After some time, the dismembered monster lay in the setting sun, while the monster hunter stood up, carrying a bulging backpack that could no longer hold anything. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and a happy smile spread across his face.

But in that very instant...

Two whooshing sounds came almost simultaneously.

The already exhausted Warcraft hunter had no time to react before both of his knees were struck by arrows.

Losing his balance, he fell to the ground, only managing to shout, "Who?!"

Before he could even turn his head to see who had done this, a sticky substance covered his entire face, making it impossible for him to open his eyes. He could only frantically and desperately smear the unknown substance, which was probably poison, with his hands.

Jiang Shu, who had just accurately hit his target with an egg white, had a terrifyingly calm expression on his face. He was like a cold-blooded viper, each strike swift and deadly.

He rushed to the hunter, who was already powerless to resist, with lightning speed.

"Head, armor, knife, backpack, Warcraft core, flowers!"

Then it sped away.

Chapter 232 Jiang Shu Ciba

"He...hunted people?"

Those watching the match in the final arena were utterly astonished.